Champions Tour golfer Tom Lehman feels at home on the Coast and his two championships here punctuate that fact.
Dustin Johnson, Danny Lee and Charlie Wi shot rounds of nine-under par Thursday to take the lead after one round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Twenty months later, Dustin Johnson finally hit the drive he wanted at Pebble Beach. Ten years later, Tiger Woods must have wondered what kept him away from the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Super Bowl scrambles teed off Sunday on the 46th anniversary of the first “super game” while party planners readied the hot wings, gumbo and King Cake. On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, football and golf go together like an oyster and a saltine, a rod and reel, sand and a beach ball, gumbo and rice.
In a Golf Channel interview at the Humana Challenge, Bill Clinton fondly related the first time he met Bob Hope. The former Presodemt asked the iconic comedian how he kept in such great shape. Hope told Clinton that he walked for an hour a day no matter where he was.
I’ve enjoyed reading lately that the Premier Destination Initiative and tourism officials are working hard to “get the word out” about the restaurants, museums, attractions and hotels and focusing intensely on the fabulous golfing, fishing and gaming on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Golf’s enthusiasts have taken the headcover off the slow-play debate once more, signaling a revitalized effort to cure the disease that is shanking the game. According to the National Golf Foundation, almost 29 million golfers teed up 518.4 million rounds in 2000. More tee times opened up in 2010 because 26.1 million people played 475 million rounds, a significant decrease in just 10 years.
